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    The play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, written in 1950 by Filipino author Nick Joaquin, explores the themes of family conflict and cultural identity in pre-World War 2 Manila. It focuses on the Marasigan family, including father Don Lorenzo, an artist experiencing drought, and daughters Candida and Paula. Financial issues strain the family as Don Lorenzo refuses to sell his self-portrait. Paula's elopement with their boarder Tony sets in motion her journey of liberation. The play examines the transition of Filipino culture with influence from Spain and later the United States in the lead up to World War 2.

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    The play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, written in 1950 by Filipino author Nick Joaquin, explores the themes of family conflict and cultural identity in pre-World War 2 Manila. It focuses on the Marasigan family, including father Don Lorenzo, an artist experiencing drought, and daughters Candida and Paula. Financial issues strain the family as Don Lorenzo refuses to sell his self-portrait. Paula's elopement with their boarder Tony sets in motion her journey of liberation. The play examines the transition of Filipino culture with influence from Spain and later the United States in the lead up to World War 2.

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    The play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, written in 1950 by Filipino author Nick Joaquin, explores the themes of family conflict and cultural identity in pre-World War 2 Manila. It focuses on the Marasigan family, including father Don Lorenzo, an artist experiencing drought, and daughters Candida and Paula. Financial issues strain the family as Don Lorenzo refuses to sell his self-portrait. Paula's elopement with their boarder Tony sets in motion her journey of liberation. The play examines the transition of Filipino culture with influence from Spain and later the United States in the lead up to World War 2.

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    A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino

    The A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, known also as A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino: An
    Elegy in Three Scenes is a literary play written in English by Filipino National
    Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin in 1950. It was described as Joaquin’s “most popular
    play” as the "most important Filipino play in English",[5] and as “probably the best-known
    Filipino play” Apart from being regarded also as the “national play of the
    Philippines” because of its popularity, it also became one of the important reads
    in English classes in the Philippines. Joaquin’s play was described by Anita Gates, a
    reviewer from New York Times, as an "engaging, well plotted metaphor for the passing of
    Old Manila.

    Plot summary and thematic description


    Set in the Filipino world of pre-World War II Intramuros of Old Manila in October 1941, the
    play explores the many aspects of Philippine high society by telling the story of the
    Marasigan sisters, Candida and Paula, and their father, the painter Don Lorenzo Marasigan.
    Due to an artistic drought on Don Lorenzo's part, the family has to make ends meet by
    relying on the financial support provided by their brother Manolo and sister Pepang, who
    were urging them to sell the house. Later on, they also had to take a male boarder, in the
    person of Tony Javier. Don Lorenzo, who refused to sell, donate, or even exhibit his self-
    portrait in public, was only content in staying inside his room, a stubbornness that already
    took a period of one year. The painting has attracted the attention and curiosity
    of journalists such as a family friend named Bitoy Camacho, and other obnoxious visitors
    pretending as art critics. When one of the daughters, Paula, elopes with Tony, a journey of
    personal liberation is set in motion, which ends with a restoration of family relations which
    had been strained due to the neediness of the artist's family. She also felt regret after
    destroying the portrait.

    The theme focuses on family conflict and the amalgamation of old Filipino
    identity and cultural character with the arrival of contemporary and Western ideals.

    Historical setting and background


    Before the Second World War, many Filipino intellectuals and artists – including painters, as
    personified by Don Lorenzo Marasigan – searched for cultural enlightenment from Spain, the
    first imposer of colonialism and authority in the Philippines. This group of Filipinos was
    acquainted with the Spanish language and customs. After the split of Philippines from Spain,
    the United States became the replacement model for cultural enhancement, where English
    language and materialism became a part – as personified by the boarder Tony Javier – thus
    marginalizing native tongues and culture within the process. During this period, the Philippines
    was also plagued by the looming war, frequent blackouts, and untrustworthy characters of the
    existing nightlife in Old Manila

    1941 in the Philippines


    Incumbents

    President: Manuel Quezon (Nacionalista Party)

    Vice President: Sergio Osmeña (Nacionalista Party)

    Chief Justice: Ramón Avanceña (until December 24), José Abad Santos (starting December 24)

    Philippine National Assembly: 2nd National Assembly of the Philippines (until December 16)

    Events

    November 11 – Manuel Quezon re-elected as President.

    December 8 – Start of the Japanese Invasion of the Philippines.

    December 20 – President Quezon, his family and the war cabinet move to Corregidor Island.

    December 26 – General MacArthur declares Manila an open city.

    December 28 – Filipino and US armies retreat to Bataan.

    December 30 – Manuel Quezon takes his oath of Office at the Corregidor Island.

    Births

    June 19 - Conchita Carpio-Morales, lawyer and jurist, Ombudsman of the Philippines

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